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alieno

alien

adjective ah-LYEH-noh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Origin: From Latin 'alienus', from 'alius' (other).

Also means

foreign

Usage Note

Alieno can mean 'alien' in the science-fiction sense (un essere alieno — an alien being) but in classical and formal Italian it primarily means 'foreign' or 'averse to': sono alieno dalla violenza (I am averse to violence). As a noun, l'alieno / gli alieni is used in modern Italian for extraterrestrial beings.

Examples

"Quel comportamento è alieno alla nostra cultura."

Natural Translation

That behaviour is alien to our culture.

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